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    Re: Shopping for a New Car

    at MXER are you kidding me where did i say awd helps with stopping... and in colorado most weather related accidents are not from ICE its from to much packed snow that a tire can not grip causing it to loose traction in which most people slam on the breaks hence i said look at what type of traction controls they are fitting the awd with. you dont slam on brakes you drive through it if all possible on a slide (no this does not mean floor the gas)

    Closet thing i could think you see with stopping would be traction control which has to do with how power is adaptive to the wheels to gain traction again .. that would mean movement not stopping
    Its why they do presets for Snow Gravel and normal. so it puts down a certain amount of power when if feels it sleeping knowing that the average reaction of power to the road conditions
    if he was living out East ice would be more of an issue its why they do STUDDED tires out there and here we just do Snow rated
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    I know your not looking at a Dodge but wanted to say I just bought a pick up from Cherry Creak Dodge and they suck balls. Big, hairy, pimpled, goat balls. Horrible experience. That is all.
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    Re: Shopping for a New Car

    Anyways, so the thread has gotten derailed a little bit lets bring it back:
    1. It's for your wife, she has a specific request and AWD is the answer
    2. She wants something nicer than a Subby interior
    3. You don't want to be paying out the ass for maintenance and repairs

    Get the BMW, with 4 years of included maintenance now it's fits everything she wants and shouldn't bankrupt you in the process.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Generic View Post
    Anyways, so the thread has gotten derailed a little bit lets bring it back:
    1. It's for your wife, she has a specific request and AWD is the answer
    2. She wants something nicer than a Subby interior
    3. You don't want to be paying out the ass for maintenance and repairs

    Get the BMW, with 4 years of included maintenance now it's fits everything she wants and shouldn't bankrupt you in the process.
    and keeps value better then any other car mentioned!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cornfed View Post
    I know your not looking at a Dodge but wanted to say I just bought a pick up from Cherry Creak Dodge and they suck balls. Big, hairy, pimpled, goat balls. Horrible experience. That is all.
    Cherry Creek Dodge is the reason why I got my Acura. In 2003, I went to Cherry Creek Dodge to get the transmission fixed on my old Intrepid. They put a new brain box on it for $800+ and told me it was fixed. Two days later - no reverse gear. So I had it towed to Cherry Creek Dodge, and they told me they wanted another $2200 for a rebuilt transmission. That's when I went right next door to Mile High Acura, took a TL for a test drive, and ordered a TL-S the next day. The only Dodge I'm currently fond of is the Challenger - but I would never buy anything from Cherry Creek Dodge.


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    Ever consider an Evoque? 240hp, AWD, good MPG. No worry in the winter etc......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaos View Post
    Ever consider an Evoque? 240hp, AWD, good MPG. No worry in the winter etc......
    won alot of awards and won some woman's award too in 2012 lol but not alot of places work on them, so if you have issue leaves you to specialist or dealer
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    Re: Shopping for a New Car

    Not really. It basically has the Ford ecoboost 2.0 4cyl. Shares alot of parks with Volvo/Fomoco. The older vehicles, pre 2005 are the ones a lot of shops don't like to touch.

    BTW, I'm a 13 year Land Rover tech. They are pretty cool and fun cars. Just thought since he's saying it's primarily for his wife I'd throw it out there.
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    MMmmmm.. purdy. Though a 4 cylinder? I thought it would at least have a V6
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    Turbo'd 4cyl. It get's good mileage (28hwy) and has plenty of pick up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaos View Post
    Ever consider an Evoque? 240hp, AWD, good MPG. No worry in the winter etc......


    it does resemble the ford edge a bit..pure fugly to me...

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    Re: Shopping for a New Car

    Cadillac ATS by far for me. Magnetic ride suspension, 3.6 AWD.... The interior is far above a BMW I think. I don't think the Ford Taurus is in the same league. I own a fusion.

    I wouldn't buy a BMW, especially with the N54 motor. With all the lawsuits on their mini, and BMW cars, I wouldn't really trust the brand either. Honestly the only issue I see with the ATS is it will probably not hold it's value as well as the BMW, however you seem to keep cars for a while, 10 years on your acura, so I don't think that's a killer at all.

    As for the Mazda 6, it's a nice car, but again not in the same league as the caddy. You can probably get a way better deal on the caddy than the BMW as well.

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    Re: Shopping for a New Car

    SHO 'nuff

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